A Clinician's Manual of Hysterical Conversion Reactions.

Abstract

Designed to teach the clinician principles that "will allow him to quickly differentiate between psychiatric and neurologic disorders." Topics include frequency, cause, and criteria for diagnosis of psychiatric disorders; clinical manifestations in adults and children, including sensory, motor, gait, and cranial nerve disturbances and altered levels of consciousness; and management. The appendix tabulates tests for differentiating organic from hysterical causes. Bibliography.